Date: July 8 (Wed) - 10 (Fri), 2026

Venue: Seven Hundred Club (Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture)

The player field has been decided for the "2026 ACN Tour Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament" (to be held July 8-10, 2026), a men's professional golf tournament hosted by Juchi Golf Co., Ltd., which deals in golf membership rights transactions (Head Office: Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / President: Tadahiro Kobayashi).

A total of 152 players, aiming for success on the regular tour, will compete in this tournament. Please pay close attention to the intense matches by these aspiring future top players.

Juchi Golf's tournament concept is "Challenge Together, Grow Together." Through this tournament, we aim to support the challenges of players aspiring to be future top professionals and to create a sustainable tournament that contributes to the development of the entire golf industry.

Admission is free, and live broadcasts will be available on YouTube. We will do our utmost for the success of this event, aiming to convey the fun and wonder of golf to more people and to foster new connections with golf fans.

*Press release distributed on June 26 can be found here:

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000013.000091550.html

Theme: "Challenge Together, Grow Together." Aiming for a Sustainable Tournament.

This year marks the second "Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament," a men's professional golf tournament hosted by Juchi Golf Co., Ltd. and co-organized with the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO).

With the concept of "Challenge Together, Grow Together," this tournament supports the challenges of players aiming for success on the regular tour, while Juchi Golf, as the host company, aims to contribute to the development of the golf world by continuing new challenges in collaboration with its group companies.

We ourselves began hosting this event in 2025 with the desire to create a tournament where we can grow together with the players, partner companies, the local community, and golf fans. We are not only providing a competitive platform but also challenging ourselves to build a sustainable tournament model that leads to the future.

For more detailed information about this tournament, please check the official tournament website.

https://tournament.juchi.jp/

2026 ACN Tour "Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament" Overview

Host: Juchi Golf Co., Ltd.

Co-organizer: Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO)

Tournament Name: Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament

Venue: Seven Hundred Club

Schedule: Main Tournament (Qualifying) July 8 (Wed), July 9 (Thu)

Main Tournament (Final) July 10 (Fri)

*Designated Practice Day: July 7 (Tue)

Prize Money: Total of 15 million yen

Broadcast: Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Official YouTube "JGTO TV"

Scheduled Players (152 players)

The following players are scheduled to participate. (As of July 3)

List of Participants (in no particular order)

Jo Aoki / Koda Aoyama / Hiroki Abe / Yoshikazu Araki / Takuya Anbo / Atsuki Aragaki / Dylan Yui Shinjo / Kenshiro Ikegami / Hiroto Ishikawa / Kazuki Ishiwatari / Kentaro Izumi / Rei Isoi / Hikaru Ichikawa / Shosei Inokawa / Kota Inoue / Koku Ito / Makoto Ito / Yushi Ito / Ryoma Iwai / Shota Ueki / Yuta Uetake / Kota Ueda / Kunihiro Uei / Riku Ueno / Hisho Ukita / Kantaro Naito / Haruto Uchiyama / Tomohiro Umeyama / Fumihiko Ebihara / Akira Endo / Tomofumi Ouchi / Hiroshi Okuma / Kazuya Osawa / Yu Osawa / Takara Oshima / Taiki Otsuka / Genki Okada / Yoriki Okamoto / Ryota Okumatsu / Keiya Ozaki / Keisuke Ozaki / Shota Ozaki / Kotaro Ogawa / Shohei Oda / John Oda / Kazuya Koura / Tatsuya Kodai / Taiga Kobayashi / Shintaro Kobayashi / Hideto Kobukuro / Akira Kasahara / Yuki Kajimura / Kinjiro Kato / Toshihide Kato / Hikaru Kato / Ryutaro Kato / Yuto Katsumata / Naoyuki Kaneda / Junsai Kameyo / Takenaru Kawakami / Yudai Kawakami / Kazuma Kawai / Koichi Kitamura / Kohei Kinoshita / Yuta Kinoshita / Taichi Kimura / Toshimi Kushida / Katsuhiro Kushiyama / Koki Kurokawa / Noriyoshi Kuroki / C.S. Wu / Akio Sadakata / Katsuyuki Sakurai / Keisuke Sato / Yuki Shino / Ryo Shosaki / Yoshikazu Shiro / Taiga Sugihara / Eric Sugimoto / Steve Sugimoto / Tomoyasu Sugiyama / Kaito Suzuki / Chikaki Suzuki / Hitoshi Suzuki / Ryuta Suzuki / Jigen Serizawa / Naoto Takayanagi / Ryoki Takano / Dai Takeuchi / Yuki Takeuchi / Keigo Takehara / Kosei Takeyama / Osei Tada / Shotaro Tanaka / Motoki Tanaka / Yuki Tanaka / Yuma Tanaka / Kaigo Tamaki / Genki Tamaki / Mitsumasa Tamura / Rakhyun Cho / Yuto Tsukahara / T. Baek / T. Robert / Yuito Teruya / Akito Tokashita / Genzo Tokimatsu / Seiji Gaiwato / Koki Tomita / Kyosuke Nagano / Kunihiro Nakajima / Naoto Nakanishi / Tadashi Nakamura / Shina Nakamura / Kenya Nakayama / Shintaro Ban / Toshimasa Bandoh / Masashi Hidaka / Taiga Harada / Reo Hiruta / Taiga Fukuoka / Sho Fukuzumi / Koichiro Furuse / Keisuke Funzaki / Jin Hong Ho / Kazuhiro Matsugami / Shota Matsumoto / Michio Matsumura / Seiya Mawatari / Reo Maruo / Sean Maruyama / Taiya Mishima / Yusuke Minamoto / Mitsuki Dodomeki / Hiroki Mori / Hibiki Morishita / Yu Mori / Tomoki Moriyama / Ryo Yagawa / Kazuki Yasuura / Narutoshi Yamaoka / Hokuto Yamasaki / Kaname Yamaji / Katsumasa Yamashita / Taisei Yamada / Taiga Yamamoto / Hikaru Yuhara / Songbai Yu / Amuro Yoshiyuki / Kemin Lee / Shotaro Wada

Spectator Information

【Competition Schedule】 (Tentative) ・July 8 (Wed) Start 6:40 ・July 9 (Thu) Start 6:40 ・July 10 (Fri) Start 7:30

【Gallery Reception Hours】

・July 8 (Wed) - 9 (Thu) 7:00 - 16:00

・July 10 (Fri) 7:00 - 14:30

Admission to the tournament is free for all three days.

Gallery parking is available (first 20 cars, 50 cars on the final day only).

*Gallery parking is scheduled to open at 7:00 and close at 17:45 (16:30 on the final day).

Spectators can watch from all holes, and photography and video recording are permitted using silent camera apps.

When visiting, please follow the instructions of the staff for your safety. For details on viewing methods, parking, and precautions, please check the official tournament website.

Sponsorship Partners

The Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament is held with the support and cooperation of many partner companies.

【List of Sponsorship Partners】 (In Japanese syllabary order)

aiflo Inc. / Aichi Prefecture Professional Golf Association / AOKI AGENCY Inc. / AirTrip Corp. / OVD GOLF / Otona no Golf Bu / Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. / Kanto Golf Course Association / Sekiguchi Trading Company, Ltd. / Trust Precision Co., Ltd. / Satofull Co., Ltd. / Sato Foods Co., Ltd. / Sogo FP Asset Formation & Consulting Co., Ltd. / Flexible Inc. / RIM Co., Ltd. (G_BASE) / Muirfield Village Co., Ltd. / Universal Concern Co., Ltd. / VIXER Co., Ltd.

About Juchi Golf Co., Ltd., the Tournament Host

Juchi Golf Co., Ltd., which deals in golf membership rights transactions, was founded in 1970 and is now in its 56th year. Since its founding, it has been involved in the buying and selling of golf membership rights, with a cumulative transaction record exceeding 400,000. With the desire to make membership rights transactions more accessible, the company began widely publicizing "Juchi Golf Market Information" in newspapers and online, by registering desired prices from both buyers and sellers.

Currently, in addition to membership rights transactions, the company continues to take on new challenges daily as a company that proposes new values and lifestyles through golf. It is engaged in a wide range of businesses, including planning various events, with the aim of developing the golf industry.

Through this tournament, we are also focusing on creating opportunities for professional golfers to compete, in order to further support the development of the golf industry. We will dedicate our group's efforts to ensure this tournament becomes a valuable competitive opportunity for players aspiring to be future top professionals.

Website URL: https://juchi.jp/

Company profile materials are available here.

About Seven Hundred Club, the Venue

Seven Hundred Club, with its vision of "a golf course where everyone can feel happiness," is located in Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, and opened in 1980. Designed by the master golf course designer Isao Izumi, the 18 holes, stretching 7,011 yards across a vast 1 million square meter natural landscape, combine strategic play with beauty and are loved by many golfers. The course is designed to maximize players' skills, and its high-quality course maintenance is conducted with tournaments in mind.

It has served as the venue for various tournaments, including hosting the women's professional golf mid-tour tournament "LADY GO CUP in Tochigi" for three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025. In 2024, it hosted the "Speedgolf World Championship," the world championship for speed golf, held in Japan for the first time.

Additionally, the "G_BASE 4days Challenge," a four-day competition for young professional golfers, was held in 2024 and will be held again in 2026, with Yusuke Kinoshita, COO of Juchi Golf, serving as the executive committee chairman.

In 2025, the inaugural "Juchi Challenge Tournament" was held to commemorate the club's 45th anniversary. In line with the tournament's concept of "Challenge Together, Grow Together," we are participating in the tournament operations as a stage to support the players' challenges. We are delighted to be able to hold the second tournament this year, following last year.

Seven Hundred Club promotes the creation of a healthy and sustainable society and the development of next-generation golf courses, aiming to be a golf course open to the local community in collaboration with Sakura City.

Location: 2370 Saotome, Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, 329-1414

Phone: 028-686-0700

Access: [By Car] Approx. 20 minutes from Yaita IC on the Tohoku Expressway / Approx. 35 minutes from Kamitsuga IC on the Kita-Kanto Expressway

[By Train] From Tokyo Station, take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Utsunomiya Station, transfer to the Tohoku Main Line, and alight at Shioya Station.

Course Overview: 18 holes / 7,011 yards / Par 72

Opening Date: 1980

Homepage: https://www.700c.jp/

Contact Information

▼For Media Inquiries

Juchi Golf Co., Ltd.

Seven Hundred Co., Ltd.

Public Relations: Yuko Omata

Phone: 028-686-0700

Email: [email protected]

▼Regarding Tournament Operations

Juchi Golf Co., Ltd. Head Office

Contact: Yusuke Kinoshita / Arishi Murakam

Phone: 03-3201-0072

Email: [email protected]

Company Profile

Company Name: Juchi Golf Co., Ltd.

Representative: Tadahiro Kobayashi

Head Office Location: 9th Floor, Shin Tokyo Building, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 946

Established: April 1974

Business Activities: Buying, selling, and brokering of golf membership rights

URL: https://juchi.jp/

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